Thor: The Dark World opens massive in UK and other countries

Thor: The Dark World, the latest in the company’s Phase 2, has taken a mighty $109.4 million at the foreign box office, including the UK, a week ahead of its US debut.

The figures are being hailed as another victory for Marvel Studios and parent company Disney.

The film opened in 36 countries (or 70% of the international market place) with the UK leading the way with $13.4 million. This was followed by France with $9.4 million, Mexico with $8.2 million and Brazil with $8.1 million.

The figures are significantly ahead of the original Thor and mark one of the biggest openings of the year.

It also helped Disney to shoot past the $2.3 billion mark in foreign grosses for the year, a record for the studio.

Thor: The Dark World has yet to open in China, Japan, Italy and Argentina, as well as the US, all of which look certain to emulate the success story so far.